Transdisciplinarity: The Politics and Practices of Knowledge Production
UPDATE (8 September 2014): Before she joined the expanded blog roster, Laura wrote this as a (very popular) guest post. I am interested in disciplines, and intrigued by disciplinary transgressions....
View ArticleFor the Joy It Brings: Hashtag Activism and Little Wins
I do it for the joy it brings because I’m a joyful girl because the world owes me nothing and we owe each other the world Ani Difranco, ‘Joyful Girl’ So unless you were unplugged last week (and it’s...
View ArticleSize Matters: Reflecting on Perspective, Positionality and Critique After...
So it's done. And that's something. #ISA2015 <mic drop> — Laura J. Shepherd (@drljshepherd) February 21, 2015 … so I tweeted on the last day of the 56th Annual Convention of the International...
View ArticleOut of Place: Space/Time and Quantum (In)security
A demon lives behind my left eye. As a migraine sufferer, I have developed a very personal relationship with my pain and its perceived causes. On a bad day, with a crippling sensitivity to light,...
View ArticleThe Futures Past of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
UN Secretariat staff mark the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations. 17 September 2015. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas. This essay is a much abridged and lightly edited version of an article...
View ArticleA measured response to criticisms of the LSE’s new appointments
By way of homage to xkcd: This blog contains strong language, which may be unsuitable for children, and evidence-based arguments, which may be unsuitable for Trump supporters. Oh, and also, for those...
View ArticleIn defence of the apparently indefensible (or, French ‘intellectuals’ did not...
Note: I decided to write this post because I got tired of trying to explain my position on discourse, reality, truth, and why Foucault is not to blame for the rolling shit-show that is US politics...
View ArticleThe Limits of Semantic Ambiguity: A response to Steve Fuller
‘Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny’...
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